{"id":114406,"date":"2021-06-03T11:00:29","date_gmt":"2021-06-03T11:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=114406"},"modified":"2021-06-03T11:00:31","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T11:00:31","slug":"seed-minikit-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/seed-minikit-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"Seed Minikit Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question: On 2nd June 2021 which ministry has launched Seed Minikit Programme to provide high-yielding varieties seeds of oilseeds and pulses to farmers?<br><\/strong>a) Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare<br>b) Ministry of Commerce<br>c) Ministry of Science and Technology<br>d) None of the above<br><strong>Ans: a<br>Context<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>On 2nd June 2021 Union Agriculture Minster Sh. Narendra Singh Tomar launched Seed Minikit Programme.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Facts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The programme is launched to provide high yielding variety of seeds of oilseed and pulses to farmers to increase the production of oilseeds and pulses in the country.<\/li><li>Seed Minikit Programme is considered as a major tool for introducing new varieties of seeds in the farmers fields and is instrumental for increasing the seed replacement rate.<\/li><li>The mini kits are being provided by the Central Agencies National Seeds Corporation (NCS), NAFED and Gujarat State Seeds Corporation.<\/li><li>Government of India through the National Food Security Mission is funding the mission.<\/li><li>The distribution of seeds will continue till 15th June 2021 so that the seeds reach the farmers before the Kharif sowing commences.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Pulses and oilseed production in India<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Central government in collaboration with states has been implementing various activities to enhance production and productivity of pulses and oilseeds under the National Food Security Mission.<\/li><li>Oilseeds production has increased from 27.51 million tonnes in 2014-15 to 36.57 million tonnes in 2020-21 (3rd advance estimates), while pulses production has increased from 17.15 million tonnes in 2014-15 to 25.56 million tonnes in 2020-21 ( 3rd advance estimates).<\/li><li>Government has formulated strategies to increase production through area expansion, productivity through HYVs, MSP support and procurement.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\">By kameshwar shukla<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Reference: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1723864\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1723864<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: On 2nd June 2021 which ministry has launched Seed Minikit Programme to provide high-yielding varieties seeds of oilseeds and pulses to farmers?a) Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer Welfareb) Ministry of Commercec) Ministry of Science and Technologyd) None of the aboveAns: aContext On 2nd June 2021 Union Agriculture Minster Sh. Narendra Singh Tomar launched Seed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":114407,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1089],"tags":[2338],"class_list":["post-114406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-enew","tag-economics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114406"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":114408,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114406\/revisions\/114408"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}